New York Times Hacked?

First time accepted submitter porsche911 writes "It looks like the NYTimes have been hacked and a large number of subscribers spammed with messages about cancellation of their service. The phone system is overwhelmed as well. The Times is currently saying the email is a fake, but that raises other worries. They were one of the only 3rd parties that had the email in question so it appears either someone really screwed up or they've suffered a data breach." Update: 12/28 21:59 GMT by S : Looks like it was just a mistake by an employee.

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Re:Could be untargeted phishing

[postbigbang]

The bounce in the header of the message implies that it was triggered internally. It wouldn't have been used to launder the list, because the bounces would have gone back to NYT.

My guess is that it's not a DDOS, it's a fuckup.